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French ATC unions intend to strike for four days this week (from Tuesday 30 June to Friday 3 July) which will result in thousands of flights being cancelled/delayed and millions of consumers having their holiday plans cancelled/disrupted during the peak holiday season.

Ryanair’s Kenny Jacobs said:

“This is the second time in two months that French ATC unions will deliberately close the skies over Europe and disrupt the travel plans of millions of consumers. The timing of these strikes is designed to cause maximum disruption to consumers because there is little or no capacity in the system to allow customers to rebook or reschedule cancelled holidays”.

These types of strikes are not permitted in the USA, where Air Traffic Controllers are prohibited from striking, and are required by law to resolve their industrial relations issues through binding arbitration. It is time that the French State and/or the European Union follow this example and prevent Europe’s hard pressed consumers from having their annual holidays disrupted or cancelled each year by French ATC unions.”

There are problems at Dover too and Eurostar.  Travellers should monitor the situation.  www.ryanair.com   www.eurostar.com

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